YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to move from a prison to a designated residence to serve the remainder of her sentence, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) has reported.
According to the report, Myanmar's President U Min Aung Hlaing ordered the change of the imprisonment location of Aung San Suu Kyi in accordance with relevant provisions of the criminal law.
The decision was made on the occasion of Buddha Day and based on humanitarian grounds and the state's goodwill, the report said.
Meanwhile, AFP reported that a senior source from her dissolved National League for Democracy (NLD) party told AFP she would likely be kept under arrest at an address in the capital, Naypyidaw.
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing toppled Suu Kyi's elected government in 2021, detaining her on a host of charges which rights groups say were concocted to sideline her.
The ensuing civil war has killed thousands and displaced millions in the South-East Asian country of roughly 50 million.
Suu Kyi, 80, remains massively popular inside Myanmar, but has been held almost completely incommunicado as her family warned of her ailing health.
"We continue to call for her immediate and unconditional release," a US State Department spokesman said.
"We urge the regime to ensure Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has proper access to medical care, given continued reports of her poor health."
The office of Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday shared a photograph seeming to show Suu Kyi sitting flanked by two men -- one in a khaki shirt and another in a police uniform. -- AFP
